Composition coffin



F, W. O. LISTING COMPOSITION COFFIN Filed Nov. '7, 1927 I INVENTOR.V JMMMLMN MAJ?, BYV

www* 77km@ ATTORNEYS Patented Get. 8, 1929 Unirse stares ern 'Price FRIEDRICH WILHELM orro Lrs'riiiee or ivrimvenrnn, WISCONSIN ooinrosirron ceram Application flied November 2, isa?. smal nojsroe.

This invention relates'to improvements side handles 18 project laterally from the in composition collins. rails. rthe structure just described forms It is onev of the objects or' the present inthe base or skeleton of the improved comvention to provide a composition casket of position cotlin. 5 attractive design and decoration which may Prior to the use of the coin, the bottom 1s be made and sold very much more cheaply made solid and air tight byvhaving` a mortar than the caskets or coilins now on the market. like material or composition packed against A further object of the invention is to the outer surface of the slats 10 between the provide a composition coliin which is pracrails 9 and outwardly ofthe rails 9, as indilo tically indestructible and which will not decatedat 111 and 15. The composition is apcompose, and will protect and seal a corpse plied in a plastic state and is allowed to dry placed therein. and harden, becoming very hard and practi- A further object olf the invention is to cally unbreakable. Within the scope of the provide a composition coiiin in which the invention any mortar-like or cementitious l5 corpse is sealed in a solidified composition, material may be used, but it has been found 65 with the result that it will become mnmmi fled. very desirable to compound a substance using A further object of the invention is t0 the following ingredients in the stated proprovide a composition cotlin which is very portions: forty-tive (45) parts of magnesite; simple and inexpensive, and is well adapted twentyaight (28) parts of hickory Wood for the purposes set forth. flour; live (5) parts of asbestos; and twenty- 70 Viith the above and other objects in view, two (22) parts 0f Whit@ quartz Silica, The the invention consists of the improved COH1- above mixture has added thereto sufficient position coliin, and its paltS and @Ombnmagnesium chloride to result in an earth wet, tions as set forth in the claims, and all eqniv- Plastic mixture, and Coloringmatter, as eX g5 alentS thereOft perience dictates, may be added to secure ef- 75 In the accompanying drawing in which footjjvo oojol-ng esiguo` the same reference characters indicate Y the Zhou a Corpse ist@ be interred or mummi- Sam@ Part-S in all 0f the VGWSI lied in the improved coiiin, according' to the Fs'- l is a Pla?) View 0f th? bas@ 0f the 1m' invention, the corpse, indicated by the nugo PlOVed 00mn; Wlth a COTPS@ 1n PMC@ P1`1-01` t0 n moral 16, is placed on the bottom portion of 80 the same being` sealed and covered with a tho baso, tho bottom previously having boon mOlmllZd matelll covered with a layer of velvet 17 or other fab- Fg 2 1S a longltudlllal Sectlonfll VIQW 0l rie, to enhance its appearance. Then, as th@ Compl-@Wd COHPOStlOn 00mn fhOWm-)J a shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the body of the corpse j corpse therein; Fig. 3 is a plan view thereis enclosed by ,L jacket 187 formed of Galop 85 0f; and V board, or other light and comparatively Flr? 4 1S l CPOSSSQGODFI VIEW tak@ On strong inexpensive material, and the side 11D@ 1 -tof Fl 2 Wlth the ,Corpse Omlttfd' @dejes oi the jacket are tacked to the base slats Refm'rulg IOW more Particularly to the 10, as at 19. A small jacket 20, of similar 4o .dmlvmgv 1t W11]- -QPPQM that the numeral 8 material, is also provided for the head of the -90 mcllcates a Wooden page. member formed Oli a corpse and it is secured thereover, as shown. pair'of spacedlongitudinally extending rails The top of the head jacket 20 is provided 9 lOlnef-l by transverse slats 10 fol'lfnmg a, with a large window so that the face and feabOODl Mmmed 0pt'h@ PPP/Sir SmaCBS tures oi the corpse will not be hidden, and 45 the S13-US are il pail' 0f longltudllauy GXGUd said window is covered by a glass plate 22 o5 ing side members 11 which are secured at resting On the jacket 2()` their end portions to upstanding end mem- After the Corpse has been thus aeketed on bers 12 secured between the end portions of' the base, it is entirely covered and sealed by a the rails 9. The project-ing' end portions 9 substantial layer or' composition, indicated at 5i# of the rails are Itermed as handles and also 23, composed and applied `previmisly de- 100 scribed, built downwardly and outwardly evenly so as to effectively seal the interior space occupied by the corpse. The composition material is susceptible of being worked in colors an d designs, so that the lnished composition coilin will be very attractive.

A. circular opening (see Figs. 2 and 3) is left in the composition layer 23 over the window so that until burial, the lace of the corpse will be visible. After the services and just prior to burial, the opening may be closed up with the same composition material.

It will thus be seen that the invention provides a unique manner of preparing a corpse for interment and that the corpse is so sealed that it will be air-tight and will be preserved Jfor a long period. Also, the coffin, being formed of an outside layer of solidified cementitous material, will be very strongand hard and will withstand the ravages of the elements and time. Also, the improved composition Collin is simple, practical and novel.

llilliat l claim as my invention is:

l. A coin, comprising a flat base member including spaced slats with cementitious material cast therebetween and on all sides of the slats7 an arched form member mounted on the base member and having a glazed window thereimand an outer cementitious member of 4inverted U-shape in cross-section molded at its edge portions to the base member and having an opening registering with said glazed window.

2. A cofin, comprising' an elongated base member including` a molded composition, a molded, arched composition covermember' sealed at its edge portions to the base mem* ber, and a orm member interposed between the base and cover members and spacing the same and differing in material from both ol".

the same, said composition in the base and cover members being composed of suitable proportions of magnesite, hickory wood flour, asbestos, white quartz silica and magnesium chloride.

In testimony whereof, l affix my signature.

FRlAEDRlCH WILHELM OTTO LlSTNG. 

